Fleet Street is crowing after seeing Lewis Hamilton get "back to his best" with a win n Hungary - but plenty of thought is spared for Ferrari's Felipe Massa...
'The ghastly brilliant orange "victory" T-shirts were back, the pop music was pulsating through all three floors of the vast McLaren Mercedes "brand centre" and Lewis Hamilton's girlfriend, Nicole Scherzinger, of the Pussycat Dolls, was dancing with a glass of champagne in her hand.
The Formula One world champion was back and with him came the razzmatazz. After completing his duties at the press conference for the winner of the Hungarian Grand Prix, Hamilton charged into the motorhome with his driving suit stripped down to his waist and entered to cheers and applause.
It was just like the old days, or last year in fact, when Hamilton was swapping race wins with Ferrari's Felipe Massa in a World Championship battle that went down to the wire.
This time the Brazilian could play no part in the day's sport as he lay in an induced coma in a Budapest hospital. But, on the baking tarmac of the Hungaroring, it is unlikely that he would have been any match for the Briton. Hamilton was back to his best at the wheel of a McLaren that has improved by leaps and bounds from the slow-coach that the team rolled out at the beginning of the season.' - Ed Gorman, The Times
'When Lewis Hamilton failed to take the lead at the start of the Hungarian Grand Prix, his big chance seemed to have slipped away. Mark Webber's Red Bull once again seemed the big threat, but once Hamilton had gone round the Australian on the fourth lap, and pole-man Fernando Alonso had pitted early for fuel, nothing could stop the world champion.
'It was, Hamilton said, subconsciously going all Neil Armstrong, "One huge leap for us." A month ago you'd have thought he had more chance of walking on the moon himself than of winning a grand prix in 2009.' - David Tremayne, The Independent
'As difficult as it is to revel in a performance of the kind we saw on Sunday when the life of another competitor remains worryingly uncertain, it was impossible not to enjoy the remarkable return of Lewis Hamilton to the top step of the podium in Hungary.
'Here is a man who came under intense pressure at the start of this season. Having known nothing but success all his sporting life, the kid from Stevenage who entranced a nation when he won the title last November suddenly found himself driving what can only be described as a dog of a car. He reacted accordingly, gritting his teeth and scrapped for every bone he could.
'The incident in which Hamilton lied to race stewards in Melbourne back in April, albeit under team orders, will always be a blot on his copybook, but if nothing else it demonstrated a fierce will to win. Hamilton's reaction to that episode was painful to watch as he withdrew into himself, his dark mood exacerbated by his on-track struggles.
'So it is hugely to both his and McLaren's credit that he has managed to get his season back on track in such a relatively short space of time.
'Hamilton's performance in Hungary - hailed as "faultless" by team principal Martin Whitmarsh - provided the perfect tonic to the weekend's worrying and dominant narrative.' - Tom Cary, The Telegraph
'Lewis Hamilton put an end to his nightmare season with a scorching victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix - and then said he would be praying for his stricken rival Felipe Massa.
'As Hamilton took the chequered flag to claim the first win of his bleak title defence on Sunday, Ferrari driver Massa was in a coma at AEK military hospital in Budapest after suffering severe head injuries in qualifying on Saturday.
'For Hamilton and the rest, the show had to go on at the Hungaroring. And it was a nerveless display from the world champion, who came from fourth on the grid to finish on the podium for the first time this season - a difficult period plagued by a sub-standard McLaren.' - Jonathan McEvoy, The Daily Mail
'After nine months of ignominy, the glory days were back. The neon red victory shirts came out, champagne was handed round and Lewis Hamilton and his team celebrated as if he had won the world title again.
'Music pumped from McLaren Mercedes' paddock headquarters, his pop star girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger wiped away tears of joy and the roar for Hamilton as he walked in was as much relief as anything.
'Down the paddock, Jenson Button's Brawn GP team served tea, cake and sympathy in subdued fashion for a few guests, the motorhome as quiet as it was at times last season when the current championship leaders were back-markers.
'Button was not around for long, locked away in the post-race debrief with engineers, although this was more a post-mortem. It had not been a good day as his lead was cut for the third successive race.
'Hamilton would never have believed how much agony he would have to endure until yesterday, after the ecstasy of winning the world title in Sao Paulo last autumn.' - Bob McKenzie, Daily Express
'Lewis Hamilton had almost forgotten the routine for the first three finishers. Today the world champion, for two seasons so familiar with it, had to remind himself of the procedure after winning the Hungarian grand prix and finishing on the podium for the first time in 2009.
"Great to see you. It's been a long time," he said as he walked beaming into the conference room along with Kimi Raikkonen and Mark Webber. Hamilton's obvious pleasure came from reacquainting himself with spraying victory champagne and appreciating the McLaren team's efforts in returning him to the podium.' - Maurice Hamilton, The Guardian
